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Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage.
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What Are the AHRQ Quality Indicators? The Quality Indicators (QIs) developed and maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are one response to the need for multidimensional, accessible quality measures that can be used to gage performance in health care.
- Marybeth Farquhar
- 2008/04
- 2008
Jul 20, 2021 · Health care quality indicators serve to enable their users—such as patients, providers and policy-makers—to make informed decisions based on the quality of care . While single indicators measure specific aspects of quality , users of these measures are frequently interested in some broader construct.
- Laura Schang, Iris Blotenberg, Dennis Boywitt
- 10.1093/intqhc/mzab107
- 2021
- Int J Qual Health Care. 2021; 33(3): mzab107.
The OECD Health Care Quality Indicator Project provides a list of 55 quality indicators for cross-country analyses of the quality of primary care, acute care and mental care, as well as patient safety and patient experiences (OECD HCQI, 2016).
- Wilm Quentin, Veli-Matti Partanen, Ian Brownwood, Niek Klazinga
- 2019
- 2019
AHRQ Quality Indicators (Qis) are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes.
AHRQ offers free software to help organizations easily use the AHRQ QIs to generate actionable information about the quality of care they provide. The evidence-based AHRQ QIs provide a standard, trusted approach to quality measurement to guide improvements in patient care.
AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QIs) are standardized, evidence-based measures of healthcare quality that can be used with readily available hospital inpatient administrative data to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes.
